Why is it so important for trauma and domestic violence victims to tell their stories? Are they just sharing cautionary tales, or does the telling make a difference?

It turns out that telling a trauma narrative does help with recovery for victims. Research also shows that sharing the story can also help minimize psychological effects that can follow. At least one organization recognizes this and has helped survivors with the telling in at least one special project.

Brian Pinero is the chief programs officer at the National Domestic Violence Hotline and its youth-focused program, loveisrespect. He’s going to talk with us about a project designed to facilitate survivors’ stories and the results of that project. Prior to joining The Hotline, he supervised youth shelter services, was an investigator at Child Protective Services and worked as a juvenile probation officer. Brian is a member of the National Advisory Board for Crisis Text Line and holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Texas.

Join us Saturday as we explore the importance of telling the story and how we can do that effectively. Call-in to share how your story or that of others has helped you deal with life experiences. (646) 378-0430.

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careful structuring of my presentations that lead people to want to buy without having to resort to the high-pressure, cheesy sales tactics employed by so many platform salespeople.

(Don’t make the mistake of thinking what I’m going to share with you is just about platform selling. It applies to virtually all types of sales situations.)

Step #1: Preconditioning through commitment

You’ve probably been subjected to a platform salesperson asking you the most insane questions to elicit a positive response. For example, he jumps on stage and says, “How many of you want to make a lot of money?!!!”

Step #2: Setting up desire.

I want to sell people what they want. It’s a heck of a lot easier than trying to convince them they need something. The cool thing is you can create desire in your prospects in very subtle ways.

Step #3: The “recall” close

When I got to the part of the bootcamp where I made the actual product offering, I use the “commitments” the audience made in step #1 and the desire for the product I created in “step 2″ to compel many of the audience members to invest.

People who should listen to this show are entrepreneurs, career coaches

NATO is building its armament along the Russian border, and Vlad Putin is building more nukes. Is anybody paying attention to this madness? And what about China’s repeated testing of its super-secret nuke-launching glider? On today’s program, Rick also repeats his question: Is the economy on track to repeat 1937’s “depression in a depression”? In Part 2, John Whitehead talks about “Battlefield America” and the transformation into a militarized police state.

A lot of trades have happened over the weekend and still have plenty of more to come untill the deadline on Friday. That'll be the first half of the show and the second half will focus on the release of ESPN's Colin Cowheard and WWE's Hulk Hogan. What did they say exactly and should their jobs have been taken away because of what they say. All that and more. Follow me on twitter @CSUGradAkirk and the blog for sports is akirksportsrecap.blogspot.com.